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12 THE BEE: OMAHA,. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 26, 1919. .South Side PRICE OF HIDES TAKES BIG SLUMP ntJHJIRVFT IIPRF vii Minnrik i iii.iii Lack of Export Outlet and UinU Crtnn Drisiae v i nun oi uc i i luuu VII.VII VIIIVI .. .. J , f ; .' Cause. ' According to reports of several mtnagerj of Omaha hide and fur i Companies, there is a big decline in the price of hides on the Omaha , Jacjc of export outlets. v J. According to one manager, light packer cow hides that were 50 cents a pound two weeks ago are bringing . o,nlyN3S crnts a poundwith little de ' i Ti.-i u. ..... ( ies were compelled to close on ac count of fhe coal shortage is given as another reason for the decline, as th market vas burdened with a v heavy accumulation for which there Vdf no flrady demand. , . Another item that conduces to the low price of hides is said to be the . .declining demand for footwear, caus ed by high prices, which has com pelled the public Tb engage the serv- frcs of repair cobblers. It is said a reat many shoe merchants have t-tn rninnr tn resorr m rnt-raie sale sof footwear to reduce to their nock ' , ... English Women Conquered By Tobacco Will Not Stop Lady Violet Greville Explains Gradual Advance bf Smoking Among Fair Sex Public Use by bins Makes Certain Its Permanent Use. AT THE ! THEATERS South Sik Brevities Hundreds ef ' our customed received ' their Chrlstmae money this week from our . Savtnrs elubi Join our Economy club to day. Live Stock National Bank, Junction Twenty-fourth and N atreeta. Lester H. Brown, 4410 South Twenty first street, and Miss Mae Mlltlemyer, 270 D itreet. were married Saturday evening; at the 'Orsce Methodist Episcopal churoh parsons by Rev. C. C. Wilson. The vounr courla will be at home to their friends at 4410 South Twenty-first street. 1 Walter Puckett. nearo. 116 South' Twen ty-sixth street, tolJurtge FltaueraTld Wed-J nesaay ninrnmi in puui-w chuii w.wi, wo Iempsey had stolen Ma coat and vest. After hearm the statement of both men tha Juris; said he couldn't see how he . tould msko a "suit" nut of Just a coat and vest, and continued the case until Peeem ber A quiet wedding was solemnised Tues day evemie; at the parnonagfl of the Graca .Methodist Episcopal church by Rev. C. C. Wilson, with Oren Prober. 3611 Q street. tnd Miss Carrie Au Buchon, 2928 Koiith Twentieth street, the contracting parties ; The newly married couple -left Wednesday morning for Kansas City, Mo., on a honey- " mon trip and to visit with relatives. D. J. Russell. S8t L str-et: R. C.v Still-. maclj, 18i6 Patterson avenue; Joe Majo wles, 42i J street; Stanley Labrtnskl. 4138 1. street, and Thomaa Kanger. 4172 J street, wera In' police court .Wednesday hargod with, vagrancy on complaint of Police Officer McLaughlin, who .testified tha men had been spending most of their tima'the last two weeks In pool halls. The case, was. continued. London, Dec. 24. "Has tobacco conuered women altogether?", asks the Daily Globe. , . , , And Lady Violet Greville answers, tin the saute paper, as follows: Oone are the golden glories ot my Lady Nicotine, the idol and solace of the lonely bachelor, free from the wiles, the dangers and tne com pany of women. Men smoked, wo men talked in those days. The oar- lor and the smoking room, the hall and the housekeeper's room, were divided by. a kind of wire entangle ment that no one coild pass over. Habit Grew Gradually. But the modern Eve hai com passed it. . Gradually, gently, but-1 nriniv sue crossed ine oouuuary, joined the males in the billiard room in fascinating tea gown, lingered be hind the ladies in the dining fboni, Duffed at a cigaret here, nibbed at another there, and finally blossomed into a full-"blown smoker, innocent of all camouflage. At first the practice stamped a woman as being rather fast, which gave her a special charm in (he eyes of men,' then as original and Bo hemian, finally as one of a commorf crowd. Since the little flapper of the shop and the government office took to smokinor some men have even given up the practice. They smoke in bed before break fast, during the bath, in the lounges of hotels, in railway carriages, final ly they have begun to smoke in music halls. Independence can go no further. Ignore Doctor's Orders. One anticipates the tjme when elderly men and women will press a half crown into the hands of will-, ing guards in the vain -attempt to find a non-smoker on the train, and the acceptance of a lover depends on his nice taste in Turkish tobacco. Dull and tiresome husbands will re fuse to pay their wives' tobacco bills. Disraeli said "tobacco was the; tomb of love." Has it proved ' so? Does the cigaret-tainted breath ap peal and seem to the man as ' the breezes of Eden? Nerves were al ways the appanage of woman. Much smoking ruins ' the ngrves. One young woman smoked habitually 100 cigarets a day. The doctor warned, the husband stormed and pleaded with her to, give up the pernicious habit for the sake of the children and the home. "1 cannot," 'she an swered. "You will die," said the doctor. "Then I must die, but I will not give it up." ' Gift Cases Popular. Such callousness is, 'of course, rare,, but women continue to ignore the fact, that nicotine stains the teeth and injures the complexion if indulged in to excess. Vanity even has given way to the overmastering habit. Wedding presents take the form of costly cigaret cases instead of jewelry, and women hang golden receptacles to flieir wrists and au tach them to their vanity bags. With a powder puff and a 'cigaret case a woman can ' face the world 1 and despise her rivals. .'" But there, is the question of ex pense. Good tobacco is costly, bad tobacco loathsome. What is a poor little girl to d3? Ruin 'herself by paying for her own chocolate, cipar ets, that strange mixture of tastes, or depend .upon her male friends to supply her? The latter way opens a wide vista of possibilities. Cigars are not yet very popular, but occa sionally a' daring spirit will pull out cue and appear to enjoy it. Difference in Moods. Is the craze one 'that .will con tinue?' If neither expense nor vanity deter a woman, what will? Certain ly .not opposition or -advice. "Habits make acts, acts make character; character - makes destiny. What will be the destiny of the smoking women? Men smoke from various motives, chiefly 'for rest and refresh ment The smoking habit is essen tially unsocial and even among triends silence often prevails. A man i slips on his' oldest, coat .and slippers, sits in his easy chair by .t he fire, takes out. his pipe, thinks of nothing or everything, and is happy. The flapper's ideal is noise, com pany,, a jolly time, brocaded cush ions, a rowdy supper and lots of chatter. But the true smoker is happiest alone. I "PHOTO 'PIAV OFFER4 NGT FOR. TODAY" HOLDS UP STORE IN BUSIEST HOUR AND SHOOTS TWO Yduthful . ' Denver Bandit Wound? Woman in, Arm ; During Chase. . .. ilenver, Dec. 25. During the bus iest.hour of the Christmas eve, a' youthful bandit held -up a delicates sen at 1089 South Broadway, robbed the cash drawer of its contents, then . shot" two persons, a man and a . woman, 'who joined pedestrians in a chase after the robber fle,d. -- The wounded are Mrs. Alice Ren sink. ; shot through the arm, - and Walter .Oakcs, shot throught the -leg. a Both are seriously wounded, but will recover, according to phys icians at a local hospital. The bandit .- escaped. The robber entered the shop and . began to work 'systematically and' calmly, according to Mrs. Ruth Mc Leod, ' the proprietor. . Clerks and patrons 'were lined up against the .Vail while the bandit sought the cash drawer. Finding the till, he pried it' open, poketed $40 it con tamed and the left the pla.ee. The clerks spread an alarm and Several, persons joined iru a chase. Mrs.' Rensink' and Oakes were in the -lead when the fleeing bandit stopped short, pulled his gun and tired. ' Hotel Ground Lease I Brings $105,000 at f Court House Auction The. ground lease of the Harley ! notei,, nortnwest corner oi Iwenti . eth ,and Farnam streets, was sold , Wednesday by Lawrence Brinker, referee, at the east door of the court house for $105,000, as part of the set tlement of the estate of Jane Kee ':ne. The ground was purchased by Harry Tukey, who bid it in for a client The lease has 44 years to run and carries with it an option on the whole property for $125,000 to $150, 000 at the end of the lease. : Bidding on the property was lively, starting at less than $75000 and going up rapidly. - N ORMA TALMADGE will be ; seen today and Saturday at the Muse theater in her Select picture, "The Forbidden City." Miss Talmadge has the role of Sari San, daughter ' of a Chinese mandarin. She marries an American -consulate officer, and when the emperor learns of it he orders her death and Iter lather's. After growing to woman hood, she makes her escape, going to Manila, where she becomes a Red Cross nurse. "The Forbidden City" is a picture so much different than the average you will enjoy seeing it. Rialto "Crooked Straight," a Charley Ray photoplay, which opened a three-day run at the Rialto yesterday; proved a big drawing card for. this house, it being estimated some 6.500 people saw the produc tion during the first day of. its show ing. Charley Raj, as a safe-cracker, reforms for the sake of a girl with whom he has fallen in love. JThe scenes are laid in a small town and in the slums of a big city, where Ray as i country boy falls in evil ways, but eventually redeems himself. Margery Wilson is Ray's leading I;;dy, and the cast includes the vet eran Otto Hoffman whom so many enjoy seeing with Ray on he screen. The Bee's Free Shoe ' . ' .Fund 9-years old I cant go to school or go sled riding be cause I havn't got on shoes I would lik to have you help me if you can." That's one of. the many letters .received 'by the fund, copied ver batim from the writing of the little boy? Every cent received by this fund -is used to buy shoes for such little am. (- , Sun A forger, a burglar, a cheat and deaf a confidence man, and a stick-up man these are the five "wags" (scalawags) whom Clara" Horton as June Campbell, starring in "The Girl From Outside " is first introduced to when she lands in Nome, Alaska, in 1900. How she sets them on a .different path makes an interesting picture and one you will enjoy seeing. "The Girl From. Outside" will continue at the Sun during the balance of the week. Strand Wallace Reid has a ro mantic comedy role in his picture, "Hawthorne of the U. S. A., the ofr tering at '.the Strand today and Sat urday. The story centers around the adventures of two law clerks, mak ing a tour of Europe in a rented automobile. When down to their lost penny, Hawthorne, one of the clerks, breaks the bank at Monte Carlo and, laden with wealth, the pair go to Bovinia,' a tiny kingdom, where he "falls in love" with the Princess Irma to espouse the cause of royalty. It js a picture of inter est and being shown to large audi ences. . .A friend, Hanson, Neb..'.!! S8S4.IS ... (mn, .irn., .......... O.W LaM Aid Soelatjr, Tabor Latherma Iburrt,. Waoaa. Jiab. 1.M -A Vrlss4 t.O - 5- ,k,"- - 10 Omaha vraodman Circle Frdera- , . 10.00 CalaoB, Oaklaad, Nab. S.M W. 9. 8.00 Wllte MeAnllcr 2.50 Martrasct . MeAaUrj ,. t.M A FrlsaJ.., ,..... 8.00 . Tatal . . I . .S87J.1S ' Address your gift The Free Shoe Fund, care of The Bee . ; . ,. Want Moprhead Reappointed Election Commissioner Here Petitions a're being circulated by J. M. Harding and Dr. C. B. Atzen, fellow members of the Rotary elub, asking Governor McKelvie ' to re appoint Harley G. Mooxhead as election commissioner for Douglas county. Mr. Moorhead was appoint ed to this position as, a democrat, but the current . petitions already have the signature of R. Bj Howell, national republican committeeman for Nebraska, 'v : . Judge Discharges' Negro Who Was "Watching" Wife When he said he couldn't stand a jail sentence because his wife needed watching, William Sayles, negro. Fourteenth and . Davenport street, was discharged in Central police ccurt Wednesday by Judge Foster. He was arrested Tuesday night, when he was caught peering into, the windows of a house at 218 North Seventeenth street " : Omaha Rotary Club Plans Big Meeting for Next Week Omaha Rotary-elub held no meet ing Wednesday, but is making plans for a "big show" next Wednesday noon at the Hotel Fontenelle. An effort will be made to make the last tr.eeting o! the year a record-breaker for attendance. "Why the world didn't come to an end as predicted" will be explained at the meeting Moon The doctor reported that old Woodruff was dying, when his 'staunch friend and attorney insisted upon introducing into the household Dorothea. It mattered but little that she wis not the child of the in valid's daughter for whom he had been calling in his delirious ram blings, for he had never seen her.. After vou have seen the first reel of the "Follies Girl," starring Olive Thomas at the Moon, it will puzzle you, too. until the end of the last rek . You. must see this picture to fiiid out just what happened, and how Olive Thomas unknowingly es tablishes another reason why women should have the vote.. PHOTO-PIJWS. " SEE Weavers of Speech Dec. 25 and 26 .'.... , ,at the Lyric Theater 17th and .Vinton Sts DON'T MISS IT' i Two Omaha Telephone Opera tor Playing the Leading Parts A Local Production by tho Nebraska Telephone Company UT A LA" LUCILLE," the mu- I . Meal farce by Fred Jackson, which comes to the BrandeiS &.'ew Year's week, had its premiere jat the Henry Miller theater in Iew York. After five montns run at mat house it moved to the Criterion theater, when capacity audiences con tinued to greet it until previously t.iade contracts forced this . laugh compelling hit on tour. "Tea 'for' Three" isalso highly recommei ded for ' that "day after effect." and if you are experiencing something of lassitude following the joys of Christmas ..the comedy now being presented at Boyd's will be a certain pick-me-up. It is a delightful brew and can be thoroughly enjoyed under any circumstances. Another matinee will he given on Saturday afternoon. , . ; On Si'iiday , evening "Fair and Warmer" will smile in on us again, this time:at Boyd's, where it will be played by a selected cast of far ceurs, ft is Avery Hopwood's best, and as such is just as good now as when it was first seen. One element giving special dis iliirtinn tn thi dance nerformahcc of Albertina Rasch and her assist ants at the Orpheum this week is the beautiful music. Her company includes Louis Wolff, Holland's cel- nUroieA iMnlin virtunsn One art tlfat scores a decided suprise is the offer- ritr nf -William F.hc timer astonish ing of ventrifoquists. Each act of the show is announced by James J. Unrlnn wtin raisp a mncli laughter as any offering of the show. Harry Breen, the singing comedian and rapid fire Song writer, is prov- ng popular. - . , "The . American , pepple demand music of thehefter sort." is the claim of James : Stevens, who sings the "Chocolate ' Soldier" role in the Ralph Dunbar production of the comic opera of that name, which is the offering at the Brandeis holiday week. ' j Twelve I. W. W. Reported In Custody in Nebraska Jails Lincoln, N Neb., Dec. 25. Gov. Samuel McKelvie has informed At torney General Palmer, in answer to an inquiry, that there are 12 I. W. W. in custody in Nebraska,' and that they, will be prosecuted in due time. . Governor McKelvie has complied with the attorney general's request by sending a copy of the Nebraska law against syndicalism and the law on sedition. Mr. Palmer also asked the governor to inform iiirri of any violations of the federal laws in this state that he may co-operate 'with Nebraska authorities in prosecutions. PHOTO-PI.AI8. . Complete Plans For Actors' Benefit Fund Performance Today Billy Byrne of the Orpheum he ater, general manager of , the . big actors' benefitshov to be given at the Boyd theater this afternoon for the Actors' Benefit fund," has completed his bill for the perform ance. - 1 , The show will take nearly three bours to present. . . . .t ' ' Norman Hackett, starring in "Tea for Three," at the, Boyd, will give the prologue of his show, and a little more. Theventire second act of "Chocolate Soldier," at the Bran deis, will be presented, chorus and all. All the Ornheum bill, with the exception of Miss Robbie, Gordone, whose act can t be moved, will be there. This includes the famous dancer, Albertina Rasch. Dan Holt & Go., from the bin- press, will perform in this show. lhe big performance will start at 2:30 p. ni. This benefit show, the- only one ever given in- Omaha, is 'sponsored by the Elks lodge. Josenji Barker is chairmSn of the committee in charge. . . Manager Byrne says, the show will be the finest variety show ever presented in Omaha. ... All proceeds will go to help found a home for aged' and infirm actors. Benefit performances were given in every other large city in the United States December 5. The show, here was postponed because of the fuel administration's order. Prohibition Worker Dies. Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 25. Horace F. Carson, for eight years superin tendent of the Nebraska Anti-Saloon league, died here Sunday. He was nationally known as a prohibition worker. AMTSEMKNTB. I TONIGHT AT. MAT. .MATINEE RALPH DUNBAR PreaanU ,. 'The Chocolate Soldier" - Tka Graat Camlc Opara with tha - Bast Sinflnf Cast Heard Hsra in Months. , Nlflt 50c to S2; Mat 50c ta $1.50 Waek Beginning Naxt Sunday, Dec. 28 Matintes New Year's and Saturday THE SEASON'S SNAPPIEST ' MUSICAL PLAY LA LA LUCILLE : with A SMART CAST AND A PEPPERY CHORUS Evenings and Matinees 50c to $2.00 Except New Year' Eve, 50c to $2.50 SEATS NOW ON SALE. AMIWKMKNTS. Today 3 P. M. Tonight 4 I I V 1 1 latinee" Saturday III I J meselwyBs Serve 1 V I I m H A -or. Next Sunday, One Week . Mats. New Year's and Sat. AVERY HOPWOOD'S GALE OF LAUGHTER , FAIR and WARMER , 'in 3 Acts and 3 Scenes THE COMEDY HIT OF THE AGE SPLENDID NEW YORK CAST Not., a Motion Picture DANCING! PRAIRIE PARK Twenty-sixth and Ames Avo. TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS AND SATURDAYS By the Ben Hur Dancing Gab Colfax 4923. "OMiHl'S rtIN CENTER" )jJEUj&ty Evngs., 25-50-7SC. $i Last Times Todav. Z:l 5-8:30 ii iiuna ri Mn.ir.i uave Marion his uwn .now Burie.au. i Tomorrow (Saturday) Matinee and Week LADIES' DIME. MATINEE WEEK DAYS. ' AMUSKMUNTS. TWO SHOWS IN ONE DAN HOLT A CO.. CAXITES BROS. A BEATRICE, KINGS OF HARMONY, MILLER RA1NEY. Photoplay Attraction, "The Prince and Betty," featuring Wm. Desmond; Mack Sennett Comedy. NORMAN HACKETT In Prologue) from "T.a for 'T hr Act II ef "Chocolate) Soldier" FIVE ACTS FROM THE ORPHEUM DAN HOLT & CO. From Empress Theater , DOC IVAGGNEH'S SAXAPI10NE JASS ORCHESTRA ALL IH ORE BleHHON Boyd Theater Actors' Benefit Friday Afternoon, December 26 $2.50 (No Tax) Matlnn Dally . twain tMI BUT ry Nlfht I IN VAUOCVIkLC ALBERTINA RASCH CO.. WILLIAM CBS. HARRY BREEN. JAMES, J. MORTON, Kidney a Townley, Lee 4 Crsniton, Kansuwa Boyi. MUt Rebble Gerdose. Topics at the Day, Klse OMAHA HAS LOST ITS HEART TO YOU SIMPLY MUST SEE- IT REX BEACH'S Greatest Photodrama TODAY AND SATURDAY NORMA TALMADGE in "THE FORBIDDEN CITY" The Most Exquisite Oriental Story Ever Filmed Comedy "Tailor Maid" Tempest Cody "Bucks the Trust" Safe iiniiTiinBrv Sounds like a war pla-docsni it, but it isn't at alla4.aH. Jast tiiC sort of a happy play for CKristm.as of two young reel blooded Americarts whx. afterbfcakiiujtKc bank, of .MontcCarlo, feigh.(tcc' Euroiacaiid restore a Kingdom, 1 art a a art Fatiie wcvicv PollardCotiicd Pallicllcws Silverman's OrcrLcetra pkindajUfy tunc Arouo tteXraaslrcc" 7o6ani aBaBaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasal asssBaaasaaaaaaaaaaaaaa i . PHOTO IpLAYS. PHOTO-PLAYS. 1 FUOTO-PLAm i'H010I'l'A ' , ' 1 CLritiiLiiiAaB '.(JjDteOTPl ; ' jjhousands andT t 1 I )K itlA Why it was the talk of the town! If you like Olive Thomas, and J j J we know. you do (who don't?), you delight in- the role she Jim II 17 ve Vs. plays in this production that of a chorus girl who mas- , t V I I ' ' v. querades asa trained nurse. The patient gets weH," ' n AJ - ' vv.l " . of course (we should have said" of chorus.") , V iv ATTEND THE MATINEES V V 'atf OVERTURE V ' T,.,B, cu ii j .u ATURIfVt? . T NEW McXJNORCHPSTRrS. Third Big Show Under the , T0Va)IiV STCVEOS y M DmECTOr- - N. New Moon Policy ORffflvST I Mj eoaeRT cu$cfl6efv ' . '.. L BSSBBSBBBeSBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBsl Charles Ray IN "Crooked Straight J UST a simple lad from the country, with a boy's eager dreams of the great things he would do some day. Then, "life" a false friend the dream shattered and the boy was a crook. But when his pal was "croaked" one. night, the boy didn't forget that even a crook can be white. And so the pal's kiddies found a new dad, and a girl in the little town Whoa there! You haven't guessed the end at all! For Ben Trimble had another safe. to crack, another jaw to pummel, and you'll be glad when he does both jobs. A picture deeper, more powerful, more var- ' ied, than any other in which Charles Ray has appeared. With all the wonderful Ray charm, sympathy, appealing humor and almost un canny tug at your heart. Don't miss "Crooked Straight." ' December 26, 27 We Wish You a Merry Christmas
